Android's dominance of the smartphone market is commanding, and perhaps overwhelming to some. Google's smartphone platform shipped on 68.1% of all smartphones sold during the second quarter of the year. Eight vendors shipped a combined 104.8 million Android smartphones, with Samsung responsible for almost half of those at 44% of all Android shipments. according to a research report from IDC. In total, Android's market presence grew more than 106% year-over-year.

Apple's iOS is a distant second, with shipments of 26 million units in the most recent quarter. Those shipments gave iOS a 16.9% share of the smartphone market during the second quarter. iOS grew at a much more modest pace when compared to Android and increased shipments by 27.5%.